Investigators said the incident began when one of the thieves rang the couple's doorbell several times trying to determine if anyone was home.

Paul Hamlin said the man then tried to force his way through the door after Hamlin and his wife ignored the doorbell.

"My wife yelled at him, 'Hey, what are you doing?' and the guy said something about, 'Mrs. Johnson, I heard you have a roof leak,' and obviously the roof is not leaking, and no one hear named 'Johnson,'" Hamlin said.

Hamlin said he and his wife got into their SUV and chased the man as he fled. His wife called 911 when they found three suspects at a nearby home, police said.

Hamlin said he blocked the intruders in and helped direct police to their location.

Police arrested three people in the incident.

"They find the third burglar who was wondering around the neighborhood in gloves and with a flashlight," Hamlin said. "It's a little unnerving. It really just made us mad that someone was trying to break into the house on a Sunday afternoon."

All three suspects were arrested on burglary charges, police said.

One of the men, Richard Crist, has several outstanding warrants in Orange County, police said.

SUNRISE TEAM, THEY'LL BE TRACKING THE CHILLY MORNING AHEAD STARTING AT 4:30 A.M. NEW TONIGHT, A COUPLE CATCHES THREE SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS TRYING TO BREAK INTO THEIR HOME. THE DYNAMIC CRIME FIGHTING DUEL FOLLOWED THEM TO WHAT COULD BE THEIR NEXT CRIME SCENE. ONE OF THE THIEVES RANG THE COUPLE'S DOORBELL OVER AND OVER AND OVER HOPING NO ONE WOULD BE HOME. WITH THE SEMINOLE COUPLE'S 911 CALL. THE COUPLE SAYS THEY IGNORED THAT DOORBELL. AND THAT'S WHEN THE MAN STARTED FORCING HIS WAY INSIDE OF THEIR HOME. THE WHILE YELLED OUT, THE SUSPECT RAN AND THAT'S WHEN THE TABLES STARTED TO TURN. THE VICTIMS WERE NOW CHASING AFTER THE SUSPECTED CROOKS. PAM HAMLIN AND HIS WIFE PEACEFUL SUNDAY AFTERNOON WERE INTERRUPTED. THEY WERE JOLTED OUT OF THEIR SLEEP BY A CONSTANTLY RINGING DOORBELL. WITH ENTHEY DIDN'T ANSWER THE DOOR, POLICE SAY THIS MAN AND HIS TWO ACCOMPLICES TRIED TO BREAK IN. MY WIFE YELLED AT THEM, SAID HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IF GUY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT WELL MRS. JOHNSON, WE HEARD YOU HAD A ROOF LEAK. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO ROOF LEAK AND NO ONE HERE BY THE NAME OF JOHNSON. THEY TOOK OFF RUNNING. THEY JUMPED IN THEIR SUV TO TRACK THEM DOWN. THE WIFE DIALED 911 NOT JUST ONE BUT THREE SUSPECTS AT A NEARBY HOME. THERE'S THREE PEOPLE IN THE CAR, THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO BREAK INTO A HOUSE. PAUL SAID WHEN THE SUSPECTS SPOTTED THEM, THEY TRIED TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT BUT THEY BLOCKED HIM IN. THEY ARE GETTING AWAY. PAUL AND HIS WIFE FOLLOWED THE SUSPECTS AND GAVE POLICE TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS. YOU'RE BEHIND THEM RIGHT NOW? YES. WE'RE BEHIND HIM. HONEY, GO. I DO NOT WANT TO GET HURT. THE POLICE WANT TO TALK TO YOU. YEAH. HANG ON A SECOND. THE COPS ARE COMING. WE JUST CALLED YOUR TAG IN. WE KNOW YOU'RE UP TO NO GOOD. POLICE ARRESTED HEATHER AND MARK. BUT THEY HAD TO HUNT FOR THE THIRD SUSPECT. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE UNNER HAVING, REALLY. AND -- UNNERVING, REALLY. IN HINDSIGHT IT MADE US MAD THAT SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE HOUSE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ALL THREE SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED ON BURGLARY CHARGES. THE SEMINOLE COUNTY SAID THE COUPLE WHO CHASED AFTER THEM WERE LUCKY THEY WEREN'T HURT. THEY SAID VICTIMS SHOULD CALL